A simple, no-tech-experience-needed walkthrough for parents, foster families, and guardians of school-age children and teens — no Canva account, no app, no login required.
Everything you need to track your child's health from age 6 all the way through their senior year.
The WellCharted Ages 6–18 Health Tracker is a single file that opens in any web browser. No Canva account needed. No app to download. No login ever required.
After purchasing from Gumroad click the download link and save the file to your device. Check your Downloads folder. The file ends in .html
Double-click the file and it opens in your web browser — Chrome, Safari, Edge, or Firefox all work. You will see the WellCharted tracker with the green header at the top.
On your phone tap Share → Add to Home Screen so the tracker appears like an app. One tap opens it — perfect for opening quickly in the waiting room before an appointment.
Find the child's name field at the top and enter your child's full name. This appears on printed pages — essential for school nurse offices and sports physicals where names matter.
Once you see the green header with tabs across the top — your tracker is open and ready. Start with the Annual Well Visit tab to log your child's most recent physical.
Click any tab at the top to navigate. Here is what each section is for and when you will use it most.
Don't try to fill everything in at once. Start with Vaccines, Allergies, Medications, and Annual Well Visits — these four will make the biggest impact at your next appointment and cover the most common school and sports requirements.
This tracker was built with the realities of school-age and teen health in mind — especially the annual scramble for sports physical paperwork. Here is how to stay organized year after year.
After each yearly physical click + Add Visit on the Annual Well Visits tab. Record the date, provider, height, weight, blood pressure, and any notes from the visit. You will have a complete growth history year by year.
Use the Sports Physicals tab to log pre-participation exams for each sport and season. Record the sport, date, provider, and clearance status. When the coach asks "Do you have last year's physical?" — you will.
Schools require proof of immunizations at enrollment and often at the start of each year. Go to the Vaccines tab → click 🖨 Print / Save PDF → email or hand it directly to the school nurse.
Schools, sports teams, and camps all need allergy information. The Allergies tab can be printed and submitted to any organization that needs it. Update it any time a new allergy is identified.
At the 11–12 year well visit your child's provider will typically recommend: Tdap booster, Meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY), and HPV vaccine series. A flu vaccine is recommended annually. Track all of these in the Vaccines tab with the date and lot number.
Teen health involves topics that require extra sensitivity and organization — mental health, confidentiality, and the transition toward independent healthcare. This tracker supports all of it.
As your child moves through middle and high school their healthcare needs shift significantly. Here's what the tracker helps you manage during these years:
The Mental Health tab is completely private — nothing ever leaves your device. Use it to log counseling appointments, provider names, and any diagnoses or notes. This creates a record that's invaluable when transitioning to a new therapist or psychiatrist.
When your teen is injured log the injury, date, treating provider, treatment plan, and return-to-play or return-to-school date. This documentation protects your child and gives coaches and school nurses the information they need.
Around age 14–16 start involving your teen in updating their own tracker. Knowing their medications, allergies, and health history is a life skill they will need when they turn 18 and begin managing their own healthcare.
School-age children in foster or adoptive care often arrive with fragmented or missing health records. This tracker helps you build a complete picture starting from today.
Even if you only have a name and date of birth — open the tracker and start logging from today. Enter any medications the child is currently taking, any allergies you know of, and the date of their last known physical if available.
The school nurse often has more health information than the placement agency. Request the school health record — it may include vaccine history, vision and hearing screening results, and medications on file.
Request a full physical as soon as possible after placement. Bring the tracker even if it is mostly empty — tell the provider "I'm the foster parent, I have limited history, can we document everything today?" Most providers will be thorough.
In every tab there are notes fields. Use them to document where information came from, what is uncertain, and any observations you have made. This context is invaluable for future providers, court hearings, and reunification planning.
Every tab is print-ready — clean, professional, and clearly labeled. Print for school enrollment, sports clearance, specialist visits, or agency documentation.
Click the tab name at the top of the tracker. Make sure you can see the information on screen before printing.
Click 🖨 Print / Save PDF in the top right corner — or press Ctrl+P (Windows) or Cmd+P (Mac). Only the tab you are currently on will print — not all tabs at once.
In the print window choose Save as PDF to create a digital file. Email the Vaccines PDF to the school nurse. Save the Sports Physical PDF to your phone for tryout day. Share the Health History PDF with a new specialist.
Print this page and keep it as a reminder of the most important steps throughout the school year.
From their first day of elementary school to the day they leave for college — this tracker keeps your child's complete health story organized, accessible, and ready to share with anyone who needs it.
Empowering Health Together
Created by Tammy Jolly, FNP-C · Family Nurse Practitioner — Certified